"Are there Legal Texts in the Hebrew Bible that Evince a Concern for Animal Rights?"
Much has been written about animal rights in the four decades since the appearance of Peter Singer's classic monograph Animal Liberation (1975) and not a few studies consider - often in passing - what biblical texts have to contribute to debates about animal rights. These studies are, however,...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Brill
[2019]
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Biblical interpretation
Año: 2019, Volumen: 27, Número: 3, Páginas: 321-339 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Derecho de los animales
/ Bibel. Exodus 23,10-12
/ Bibel. Levitikus 25,2-7
/ Sabbatgebot
/ Bibel. Altes Testament
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | HB Antiguo Testamento NCG Ética ecológica ; ética de la creación |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Hebrew Bible
B Leviticus B Deuteronomy B Biblical Law B Book of the Covenant B Animal Rights |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | Much has been written about animal rights in the four decades since the appearance of Peter Singer's classic monograph Animal Liberation (1975) and not a few studies consider - often in passing - what biblical texts have to contribute to debates about animal rights. These studies are, however, almost exclusively the work of non-specialists. I begin to address this dearth of professional scholarship on this topic by exploring what four biblical laws - Exod. 23:10-11, 12; Lev. 25:2-7 and Deut. 5:12-15 - might suggest about the legal standing of animals. As legal scholar Gary L. Francione states, "[W]e normally use [the term "rights"] to describe a type of protection that does not evaporate in the face of consequential considerations." In this article, I consider whether the four biblical laws in question meet this standard. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00273P01 |